Glove-supporting device.



I M.- DOLPHIN.

GLOVE SUPPORTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, I916- M Dolphm.

Patented May 7,1918.

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MARCELEAN DOLPHIN, OF NEW YORK, N. "SE1, ASSIGNOR 0F FIFTY-ONE ONE-HUNDREIDTHS TO GUSTAVUS E. STRAUSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GLOVE-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, ifitfi.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGELEAN DOLPHIN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at 135 West 84th street, New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Glove-Supporting Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a glove cleaning, stretching and dryingdevice, adapted to be inserted within a glove to hold the same instretched or expanded condition.

The device is particularly useful for sup porting a glove and holdingthe same stretched after washing or cleaning, but it is also adapted tobe inserted within a glove, particularly a glove of kid or undressedleather,to hold the same in proper shape and condition after the samehas been worn, to prevent shrinkage or contraction and wrinklingthereof.

The object of the invention is to provide a device by which the digitsor fingers and thumb of the glove as well as the palm or hand portionthereof will be supported in a condition which is practically the sameas that which the glove assumes when in use on the hand of the wearer,the digital and alm portions of the glove being held fully filled out,expanded or stretched, as in use. Another object of the invention is toprovide a single device adapted to support in stretched or expandedcondition, a pair of gloves so as to prevent one of said gloves becomingseparated from its mate and lost after washing or cleaning, or after usethereof.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 shows in front elevation a device constructed according to thepresent invention and adapted to support a single glove,

Fig. 2 shows in side elevation another form of the device adapted tosupport a pair of gloves, the two parts of this device beingpibstantially the same as that shown in Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailview of one of the digital or finger portions of the glove, and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the digital or finger portion shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that thedevice is formed from a single piece of wire which is bent and curved soas to form a framework having the general outline and form of a hand,such framework as illustrated consisting essentially of arm portions 1and 2, adapted to en gage the opposite sides of the arm or wrist portionof a glove; palm or hand portions 3 and 4, adapted to engage oppositesides of the hand or palm portion of the glove; and digital or thumb andfinger portions 5, adapted to extend into the thumb and fingers of theglove.

By reference to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be noted that each of the digitalportions 5 is made up of four wire portions 6, 7, 8 and 9, these severalportions all being spaced from each other as clearlyshown in saidfigures, so that when the glove is supported on the framework, eachdigital portion 5 engages. the corresponding digital portion of theglove with what may be termed a four point contact throughout the entirelength of said digital portions, the fingers and thumb of the glovebeing thus filled out, or expanded or stretched in the same manner asthey would be filled out by the fingers and thumb of the wearer.

Tn forming the framework, the wire portion 6 of the'thuinb or firstdigit forms a continuation of the palm portion 4L and the wire is thenbent downwardly and upwardly to form the wire portions 7 and 8, and thenbent downwardly to form the wire portion 9, and again bent upwardly toform the wire portion 6 of the second digit. These operations arerepeated for each digit, and the palm portion 8 forms a continuation ofthe wire portion 9 of the last digit. The bends 10 and 11 between theportions 6 and 7 and 8 and 9 respectively are of such form that theportions 7 and 8 are spaced forwardly from the portions 6 and 9, as mostclearly shown in Fig. a. While for convenience of illustration, thedistance between the portions 7 and 8 is shown in Fig. l somewhat lessthan the distance between the portions 6 and 9 of the digital portions5, it will be understood that these distances will be substantially thesame, as in Fig. a.

The wire portions 7 and 8 of the digital portions 5 may if desired be ofsubstantially the same length as the wire portions 6 and 9 as shown at12 in Fig. 1, but it is preferable that the wire portions 7 and 8 of oneor more of the digital portions of the framework be extended so as toform a palm sup porting loop or loops. In Fig. 1 two such loops areshown at 13 and 14:, forming continuations or extensions of the wireportions 7 and 8 of the and last digital portions 5. These loops arespaced forwardly from the palm or hand portions 3 and' llof theframework, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so that whenthe glove is inposition on the framework, these loops serve to fill out, or expand orstretch the palm or hand portion of the glove. It will thus be seen thatwith the formation of the digital portions 5 as above described, and bythe-provision of the loops 13' and. 14, the glove is held by thestretching or drying device after washing or cleaning, or after beingworn, in practically the same condition as it assumes when in use on thehand of the wearer. Thus the appearance, shape and condition of theglove are preserved and shrinkage or contraction thereof after washingor cleaning, or wrinkling or shriveling thereof after use is entirelyprevented.

In the form of the device shown in Fig. 1, the arm portions 1 and 2 ofthe framework are bent to form "hook portions 15 by means of which thedevice may be supported from a line, chandelier, clothes hook or otherconvenient support or, projection duringdrying or when not in use.

The form of the device shown in Fig. 2 is adapted to support'a pair ofgloves. Each glove supporting portion of the device is of theformpreviously described in reference to thesingl'e device of Fig. 1, thearm'portions 4, 4' of the two glove supporting portions beingcontinuations one of the other, the wire being bent as at 16, while theends of the wire at theterminations of the arm portions 3, 3, might besuitably bent and joined together to increase the rigidity of thevframework. The double device .of Fig. 2 may 'be hung from a line,clothes hook or other support'by means of the bent portion 16.

The wire of which the framework is constructed may be rigid or may beslightly elastic as de ed, nd th digi l p rt o and'other portions of theframework may be so formed as to be slightly expansible andcontrac'tible, in order to'increase the expanding or stretching actionof the device von .the glove. Further the wire maybe such that it willresist rust .or tarnishing and will not stain the glovesupported'thereon, or it may be plated .or enameled or otherwise coatedor covered to prevent such tarnishing or staining.

- The framework may of course be made in various sizes and forms to suit.diiferent sizes nd ki ds o g and h dig tal p tions .5might eachcomprise more than four Wine por onsw mo e than wo glove sun port ng P tons might h mad f oma inle lengthef w re- I claim 1. A glove supportingdevice which comprises a wire framework consisting .of a single piece ofwire bent to form a plurality of integral digital portions eachcomprising more than two integral wire portions all spaced from eachother.

2. A glove supporting device which comprises a wire framework having aplurality of digital portions each comprising four integral wireportions all spaced from each other.

3. A glove supporting device which coinprises a wire framework having aplurality of integral digital portions each comprising a plurality ofintegral wire portions all spaced from each other, and having a palmsupporting loop, bent outwardly to lie in a plane spaced from that ofthe main portion of said framework.

4:. A glove supporting device which comprises a wire framework having aplurality of digital portions each comprising a plurality of wireportions all spaced from each other, and having a palm supporting loopforming an integral continuation of the wire portions of one of saiddigital portions and bent outwardly to lie in a plane spaced from thatof the main portion of said framework.

.5. A glove supporting device which comprises a wire framework having aplurality of digital portions each comprising more than two wireportions all spaced from each other, and a plurality of palm supportingloops forming integral continuations of the wire portions of certain ofsaid digital :portions.

.6. A glove supporting device which comprises a wire framework having aplurality of digital portions each comprising four integral wireportions all spaced from each other, and having a palm supporting loop.

7. A glove supporting device which comprises a single piece of wire bentto form arm portions, hand portion s, a plurality of 110 digitalportions each comprlslng a plurality of wire portions all spaced fromeachothcr, and a palm supporting loop bent outwardly to lie in a planespaced from that .of the main portion of said framework.

8. A glove supporting device which comprises a wire frameworr having armportions, hand portions, a plurality of digital portions each comprisingmore than two wire portions all spaced from each other, and a palmsupporting loop forming an integral continuation of the wire portions ofone of said digital portions. 4

9. A glove supporting device comprising a wire framework having aplurality of portions each adapted to support a glove, said glovesupporting portions each consisting of a plurality of digital portionseach comprismtg four wire portions all spaced from each 1.61 v

10. A glove supporting device comprising a wire framework formed from asingle length of wire and consisting of a plurality of portions eachadapted to support a glove, said glove supporting portions each having aplurality of digital portions each comprising a plurality of wireportions all spaced from each other.

11. A glove supporting device, comprising a Wire framework consisting ofa single length of wire bent to form a plurality of portions eachadapted to support a glove, said glove supporting portions beingarranged substantially parallel to each other and each having aplurality of digital portions, each digital portion comprising aplurality of Wire portions all spaced from each other. i

12. A glove supporting device which comprises a single piece of wirebent to form a plurality of digital portions each comprising spaced wireportions arranged in one plane and other spaced wire portions arrangedin a diiferent plane.

13. A glove supporting device which comprises a Wire framework having aplurality of digital portions each comprising a plurality of pairs ofspaced wire portions.

14:. A glove supporting device which comprises a Wire framework having aplurality of digital portions each comprising a plurality of pairs ofspaced wire portions, and a palm supporting loop forming a continuationof one pair of wire portions of one of said digital portions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARCELEAN DOLPHIN.

Witnesses:

C. AUsTIN TURNBULL, ALBERT E. PARKER.

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Washington, D. U.

